I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
More Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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I am not bad, thank you. But don’t worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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